EU Scream
{{Infobox podcast
| title = EU Scream
| image =
| genre = Political podcast
| production = James Kanter
| language = English
| first_aired = November 2018
| website = [https://euscream.com/ EU Scream]
}}
EU Scream is a podcast based in Brussels.{{cite news | last1=Becker|first1=Markus|date= October 28, 2019|title= Neues aus der Brüsseler Blase |trans-title= News from the Brussels Bubble|url= https://www.politik-kommunikation.de/ressorts/artikel/neues-aus-der-bruesseler-blase-510630288|language= German |work= Politik&Kommunikation |access-date= January 11, 2021}}
EU Scream was set up in 2018 by Tom Brookes from the European Climate Foundation and by James Kanter from The New York Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-google-into-the-brexit-abyss-europe-hearts-the-euro-italian-woes/|last1=Eder|first1=Florian|title= Brussels Playbook|date=November 20, 2018|publisher=Politico Europe}} James Kanter had left the New York Times before the launch of EU Scream.{{cite news |last1= Heath |first1= Ryan |title= Brussels Playbook|date= November 1, 2017|url= https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-iberdrola-puigdemont-in-brussels-professor-mifsuds-european-connections-slovak-hungarian-pipes/ |work=Politico|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote= James Kanter will leave his role as the New York Times’ Brussels correspondent after 12 years. Kanter’s next move is to help launch a media project}}
EU Scream's episodes consist of interviews with European politicians, journalists, academics, activists and representatives of the civil society.
The interviews often include personal aspects of the life of European politicians, for example the experience of being bullying at school shared on EU Scream by the Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans.{{cite news |last1= Espinoza |first1= Javier | last2= Hancock |first2= Alice | last3= Dombey |first3= Daniel |date= May 13, 2020|title= Rescuing Europe's summer break|url= https://www.ft.com/content/991b46c6-04d1-478b-8f5a-5602cc486c4b |work=Financial Times|access-date=January 14, 2021 }}
The Swedish European Commissioner Ylva Johansson when discussing her new immigration policy proposal on EU Scream,{{cite web |url=https://www.ips-journal.eu/|title=Moria: a catastrophe by design |last= Malkoutzis|first=Nick |date=29 September 2020 |website= |publisher= International Politics and Society|access-date=22 June 2021 |quote=}} explained that the question was personal to her because her sister had been adopted from Korea.{{cite news |last1= Beisel |first1= Karoline Meta |date= September 23, 2020|title= Schwedische EU-Kommissarin:Offen und herzlich, aber bestimmt in der Sache |url= https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ylva-johansson-eu-migrationspakt-1.5040710 |language= German |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|access-date=January 11, 2021}}
The economist Barry Eichengreen discussed on EU Scream his personal family history with populism.{{cite news |last1= Brunsden |first1= Jim |date= February 25, 2019|title= Reality check |url= https://www.ft.com/content/b2d1cca6-38b7-11e9-b72b-2c7f526ca5d0 |work=Financial Times|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote= Economic historian Barry Eichengreen gets personal with EU Scream about his new book, The Populist Temptation}} The journalist and human rights activist Maris Hellrand explained on EU Scream how she staged the very first protest against the Conservative People's Party of Estonia government.{{cite news |last1= Krasnec |first1= Tomislav |date= June 18, 2019|title= Najnaprednije digitalno društvo na fašistički pogon |url= https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/najnaprednije-digitalno-drustvo-na-fasisticki-pogon-1326491 |work=Večernji list|access-date=January 14, 2021}}
The podcast denounced the authoritarian threat to civil liberties in Europe in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://iapp.org/news/a/covid-19-updates-from-eu/|title=COVID-19 privacy updates from Europe|date=April 2, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2020|publisher=International Association of Privacy Professionals}}{{cite news |last1= Peduzzi |first1= Paola |last2= Flammini |first2= Micol |date= November 12, 2020|title= Il vaccino sa molto di european way of life |url= https://www.ilfoglio.it/eu-porn/2020/11/12/news/il-vaccino-sa-molto-di-european-way-of-life-1422100/ |work=Il Foglio|access-date=February 11, 2021}}
EU Scream is a non-for-profit organization and hosts events on European policy and democracy,{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-eu-influence/politico-eu-influence-presented-by-deutsche-borse-hearing-palooza-%E2%81%A0-on-ethics-body-%E2%81%A0proposals-huawei-ex-lobbyist-sets-up-consultancy/|last1=Gonzales|first1=Cristina|title=POLITICO EU Influence|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2021|publisher=Politico}} including on questions of algorithmic bias.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmenniethammer/2020/03/02/ai-bias-could-put-womens-lives-at-riska-challenge-for-regulators/#4fc3107f534f |last1= Niethammer|first1=Carmen |title= AI Bias Could Put Women's Lives At Risk - A Challenge For Regulators |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=January 11, 2021|work=Forbes}}
In 2023, EU Scream, in a joint investigation with Lighthouse Reports and The Guardian, shed light on the live stock lobbying in the European Union. The investigation focused on a group called European Livestock Voice, co-founded by the global agriculture lobby CopaCogeca. European Livestock Voice deployed techniques such as questioning science to argue against EU legislative proposals to protect animal welfare.{{cite news |last1=Lai Win|first1=Thin|last2=Nelsen |first2=Arthur|last3=Kanter|first3=James|last4=Riva|first4=Paolo|last5=Sapoch |first5=Jack|last6=DeBre|first6=Elena|last7=Ramalho da Silva|first7=Beatriz|last8=Hekman|first8=Ludo|date=23 October 2023|title=Animal welfare wrecked |url=https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/animal-welfare-wrecked/ |work= Lighthouse Reports, RPI, The Guardian, EU Scream, Factanza |location= |access-date=}}